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Winner at Sundance, director Morgan Spurlock's social experiment in fast-food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from the McDonald's menu for an entire month. In the process his weight balloons, his energy level plummets and he experiences all sorts of unexpected -- and terrifying -- side effects.

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I've watched this many times. I think it's eye-opening but at the same time a bit drastic. I don't know anyone who eats McDonald's all-day everyday. I personally still eat McDonald's here and there but I'm careful with what I get. These days I will get one breakfast burrito instead of two and I skip the hash brown. I'm slightly overweight but only by 10 pounds and I attribute that to not being on a strict diet where I'm religiously watching my calorie and carb intake. I'm also in my mid 30's and I do workout at a gym three times a week so 10 pounds is not all that bad.

I do want to point out that fast food is very much addictive but it can be overcome sooner than you think if you put in a little effort. Before I looked into dieting, I even used to wonder if I could break the fast food habit because your body really does crave the carbs. Maybe six months ago, I could never get through breakfast without having something fatty and carb-rich to wake me up. I wanted to change that because that was a bad habit to have.

I went on a 90-day diet last year where I simply eliminated soda, kept my calories to 1800 or under, eliminated all fast food, and tried my best to watch my fat intake and excess carbs. I did end up losing a SOLID three pounds after that diet, which I have actually kept off since that time but what I found most interesting is that I broke the fast food addiction in about a week. That's all it took for me to stop craving McDonald's and finding satisfaction in a cup of cottage cheese and a bottle of seltzer water.

So just keep that in mind, losing weight is not as hard as you think but it takes a little bit of planning and a good amount of discipline. When you start to see some real results, you won't even want to touch fast food. Try it out.

Wonderful Documentary ! I haven't eaten McDonalds, Burger King, Elias Brothers "Big Boy" (my personal favorite when I did eat burgers other than my own), etc. for years--but I can imagine a steady diet of them, french fries, and a super size drink-- consumed daily--3 times a day-- would bring about some serious health problems--.I just didn't know to what degree...and that's why "Super Size Me" is so good to watch ! Very informative and probably, to some degree, instrumental as to why McDonald's began introducing more healthy alternatives to their menu ! (Morgan tried contacting them enough !).

I'm glad I watched; been meaning to for years. It was everything I had heard. Fellow eats nothing but McDonald's for one month, and gains 25 pounds! Has doctor's visits before, during and after. Three different doctors. All, I believe we're recommending he stop well before the 30 days were done. It was definitely worth my time to watch. Of course it seemed to really target McDonald's for allegedly harming people, but it seems to me that those people are volunteering to be harmed. What about the children? Their parents are volunteering them to be harmed. The movie only reinforced what we should already know. Good nutrition starts at home. We have to be responsible for our own health.

This was a good documentary to show what fast food can do to your body. It was really extreme but sometimes that is what it takes to get the point across. I do not however think fast food restaurants should be sued for making people fat. As harsh as it may seem people make the decision to eat what they eat. No one forces them to put the food in their mouth.

I was watching this with a younger (middle school-aged) group. I am not sure I purchased the educational version of this video....but it was too "educational". Not the movie's fault - I feel like AMAZON should have these labeled better. I have seen this video before, and it is a great video. Just check that you are buying what you are wanting

"Super Size Me" is the famous documentary in which narrator Morgan Spurlock personally saw how unhealthy a steady diet of fast food was by eating nothing but McDonald's food for thirty straight days.

Spurlock relates statistics on exercise and obesity, including the estimate that one third of Americans born in 2000 may develop diabetes. The narrator interviewed lawyers, academics, doctors, media figures, and government officials about excessive fast food consumption and its effect on our nation. The narrator also shows how fast food companies market to children to hook them on their products for life.

The narrator underwent regular weigh-ins and blood work during the process, and the movie shows the drastic effects of this diet on the body after a month. Spurlock lists twenty medical conditions commonly exacerbated by obesity. A warning for parents of children who might watch the documentary: there is one scene that shows stomach-size reduction surgery for a man who could simply not control his eating and drinking, and other scene that discusses the effects of excess weight on intimacy. There is also scattered profanity in the film.

Fast food is processed food, and I can add my own personal warning about one of the restaurant's sandwiches. Early in 1992, I became hooked on the McRib, eating one every week before going to a gathering at my college that I used to attend on Tuesday nights. After a couple of months, I abruptly decided to drop that habit--on the final Friday evening in April that year, I got severe food poisoning from a McRib and was sick all weekend.

The bonus features on this DVD include scenes not used in the documentary and an interview with "Fast Food Nation" author Eric Schlosser.